Back to search results

Gunner REUBEN WIGHTMAN

Service Number: 1568620
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 Indep. H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

B6. H. 18.

Myanmar

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar - photos of individual gravemarkers shared on CD by Outer Area, January 2009: Plot B6

Photographer: Outer Area

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Maud Wightman; husband of Hilda Mary Wightman, of Thurlaston, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE WORLD HE WAS JUST ONE, TO US HE WAS ALL THE WORLD - WIFE AND MOTHER
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Concentration (1)

Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (1)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 3770
View cemetery details